His life’s work, proven.

I’m on a bit of a journalism kick, I guess. The basic story is that a data-literate journalist set up a system to…

I’m on a bit of a journalism kick, I guess. The basic story is that a data-literate journalist set up a system to automatically produce a readable report along with a headline and a map for any USGS-reported earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 or higher. The money quote here is “The biggest delay in the story going live was the time taken for Schwencke to roll out of bed, turn on his computer, double check the Quakebot’s accuracy, and press publish.”

http://www.thewire.com/technology/2014/03/earthquake-bot-los-angeles-times/359261/

Nate Silver’s post explaining the nature of his new endeavor is well worth your time. He speaks with obvious…

Nate Silver’s post explaining the nature of his new endeavor is well worth your time. He speaks with obvious experience and understanding toward topics like Big Data and its nascent impacts on journalism.

What the Fox Knows

Here’s the paper from BICEP http://bicepkeck.org/b2_respap_arxiv_v1.pdf

Click to access b2_respap_arxiv_v1.pdf

The World Wide Web turns 25 today! Share your memories of what life was like before the web and how things have…

The World Wide Web turns 25 today! Share your memories of what life was like before the web and how things have improved since then—then sign up to protect it: https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/Web-25 #Web25

One of the many things that frustrate me about #candycrush is that just now, even though I quit playing it last…

One of the many things that frustrate me about #candycrush is that just now, even though I quit playing it last summer, I made an offhand comment about it to Jennifer Jurney and as a result I lost the game.